Sun Temple of Niuserre

Sun Temple of Niuserre is a building in , . Sun Temple of Niuserre is situated nearby to , as well as near the place of worship .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Egyptian sun temple
  • Also known as: “Seshepibre” and “Sun temple of Nyuserre”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sun Temple of Userkaf and Pyramid of Sahure.

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The was an ancient Egyptian temple dedicated to the sun god Ra built by Pharaoh Userkaf, the founder of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, at the beginning of the 25th century BCE. is situated 660 metres southeast of Sun Temple of Niuserre.

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The is the funerary monument built for the Egyptian pharaoh Sahure of the Fifth Dynasty in the late 26th to 25th century BC. This initiated a period of pyramid building by Sahure's successors in , on a location earlier used by Userkaf for his sun temple. is situated 1¼ km southeast of Sun Temple of Niuserre.

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The is the funerary monument built for the Egyptian pharaoh Neferirkare Kakai of the Fifth Dynasty in the 25th century BC. It is the tallest, highest-situated structure in the necropolis – located between Giza and – over which it still towers. is situated 1¼ km southeast of Sun Temple of Niuserre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saqqara and Al-Hawamidyah.

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is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the capital of and to the extensive ancient necropolis on the plateau above the Nile Valley, the location of tombs and pyramids dating to the Predynastic, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Periods of ancient Egyptian history.

Town
El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. Successive census results indicate a considerable steady rise in its population: 73,298 in 1986, 91,770 in 1996, 109,314 in 2006, 149,567 in 2018 and 158,278 in 2023. is situated 7 km east of Sun Temple of Niuserre.

Village
is a village in the in Egypt. Also spelled as "Tamwah", it is a Coptic old name that the village is keeping from the Old Egyptian name. According to the 2006 census, the village had 21,689 residents, 11,212 males and 10,477 females. is situated 8 km northeast of Sun Temple of Niuserre.

Sun Temple of Niuserre

Latitude
29.90402° or 29° 54′ 15″ north
Longitude
31.19412° or 31° 11′ 39″ east
Open location code
7GXHW53V+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 58169333
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q2009417
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Sun Temple of Niuserre” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد الإلاه الشمس”
  • Arabic: “معبد الشمس ني-أوسر-رع”
  • Arabic: “معبد ني وسر رع”
  • Arabic: “معبدالشمس ني-أوسر-رع”
  • Czech: “Niuserriho sluneční chrám”
  • Dutch: “Zonnetempel van Nioeserre”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد الشمس نى-اوسر-رع”
  • French: “temple solaire d’Abou Ghorab”
  • French: “Temple solaire d’Abou Ghorab”
  • German: “Abu Ghurab”
  • German: “Sonnenheiligtum des Niuserre”
  • Hungarian: “Niuszerré naptemploma”
  • Hungarian: “Seszepibré”
  • Russian: “Солнечный храм Ниуссера Ини”
  • Slovak: “Niuserreho slnečný chrám”
  • Turkish: “Üst Güneş Tapınak, Abu Ghurab”
  • Urdu: “معبد نی اوسررع”

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